Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16
THE TRADE OF MARRIAGE.
Five Hundred Thousand More WOMel
Than Men in England.

From the National Review
The usual retort, when women complain OF want
or remuneratiye employment, is that they should
not work, but find men to support them. As there
are 500, 900 more women than men in England, it
is obviously impossible that every woman should
have husband. This state of things Is as bad in
Germany also. The preponderance OF the women
over the men Is greatest in the professional and
upper middle classes. Among the richer artstoc-
racy of England, and the absolutely working
people, the sexes are still equal In number, and
women can still marry. But the sons OF clergy
men, officers civil servants, lawyers, doctors and
some OF the country gentry find the struggle for
existence too great in this kingdom; they emigrate
or leave the country by joining the military or
naval service Their sisters all remain at
home, unable to ind husbands, and unedu-
Gated for work, even domestic work. These
body, perform the first duty OF their
sex-that of being charming; they are often hand
some, are generally we'll hammered, and well
dressed They are "charmerS," but there Is no
one 10 charm. They know very we'll that their
chances OF marriage are almost nil; therefore,
should solitary sutton with even modest COM
potency appear, they feel driven accept the first
man who asks them, whether they care for him or
not, and most generally they do not. Their pa
rents wish TO get rid OF them, they marry with
out love. An evil arises out OF this more CHASTITY
than can be described. The marriage OF cOnven-
fence is recognized social institution abroad. In
England in this nineteenth century the women Of
the upper middle classes adopt il without acknOw.
edrDg IL. However may affect to deny it, there
is vast amount OF married unhappinesS in all
classes The fault Is sometimes aScribed TO the
present degeneracy OF women and sometimes TO
the deterioration OF men. The fault really lies in
our social system, which gives woman neither
work nor money, and ObigeS her TO sell herself be-
fore she has lost her only Salable commodities
youth and beauty. AS there exists four 'Super1u-
Gus women" To one man, the female has no choice,
While the lOrdy male has the greater number from
whom TO pick and choose. Therefore. in this cOun.
try many women have not only no chance OF mar.
ryiny 1T all but no freedom of selection whatever
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Jay Could and the Brakeman.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Cant allow that, my dear SIR" said brake
man on one OF the Wabash lines the other day,
rather sharply, to passenger who was trying to
crack pecan on the end OF a car seat
The offender, a small man OF quiet demeanor.
looked up and remarked that he was not hurting
the seat; he was hammer1ng on cast iron.
Il can't help that. sir, said the brakeman. stSuD.
pose We let everybody crack nuts on the car seats:
don't you see 1t would deface them? tell you lG
won't do. You'll have TO stop it,"
'.Pil pay for all the damage do" said the little
man. bringing his knife handle down on the nut
again.
you'll get out Of the car If you don't quit:
that's what you'll do" quoth the exasperated
"Oh, no, think not, said the little man an
Try TO put up with the injury to the car can
stand it," And he handed the brakeman q card
inscribed thus:
JAY GOULD,